The Biggest Risk To Multifamily Investors Today [That No One's Talking About]

The Biggest Risk To Multifamily Investors Today [That No One's Talking About] // Five years ago, if you were to tell a group of multifamily investors that 9 out of the top 10 rent growth markets in the US in 2026 would be in the Midwest and Northeast, most of them would have laughed you out of the room.

But fast forward to today, and that's exactly what's happening, with many cities in the Sunbelt and the West seeing major rent declines after dominating the industry for decades.

And at the same time that this is all playing out, there's also a really alarming trend happening in the background right now that I don't think enough people are talking about. So in this video, we'll cover what that trend is, why it matters for multifamily investors, and why performance across this asset class is varying so much between different markets.

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🕒 Timestamps 🕒
0:00 Introduction
0:57 Markets in Danger
2:44 Surprising Winners
4:15 The Biggest Risk To Multifamily Today
6:10 Multifamily Tailwinds

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Research and articles referenced in this video:
https://www.yardimatrix.com/blog/national-multifamily-market-report/
https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/united-states/insights/us-marketbeats/austin-marketbeats
https://www.zillow.com/research/data/
https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/united-states/insights/us-marketbeats/san-francisco-marketbeats
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/population-growth-slows.html
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/blogs/random-samplings/2026/01/historic-decline-in-net-international-migration.html
https://www.cbre.com/insights/books/us-real-estate-market-outlook-2026/multifamily
https://www.nmrk.com/insights/market-report/4q25-u-s-multifamily-capital-markets-conditions-trends
https://www.yardimatrix.com/publications/download/file/8370-MatrixMultifamilySupplyForecastUpdate-Q12026
https://www.multifamilydive.com/news/apartment-supply-multifamily-completions-distressed-sales/753869/
https://naahq.org/news/2026-apartment-housing-outlook
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/reduced-immigration-slowed-population-growth-for-the-nation-and-most-states-new-census-data-show/
https://www.cbreim.com/insights/articles/digging-out-of-the-us-housing-affordability-crisis
https://data.sca.isr.umich.edu/charts.php
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US


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